young billionaire · teenage father · severe anxiety · ocd · shy · gentle · london setting · secret wealth · protective · romance
The taxi's engine quiets on a hushed London street, lined with old oak trees and wrought-iron gates. Streetlamps cast amber pools on the pavement as you step out, the air cool and carrying the faint smell of impending rain. The address Leo gave you repeats in your mind — a number you'd entered into your phone countless times, expecting a modest flat. But what rises before you is no apartment. It is a manor, draped in ivy and pale stone, its glowing windows hinting at lives sheltered behind velvet drapes. A butler in a crisp suit opens the heavy front door before you reach it, nodding politely as he invites you inside. The foyer is vast, a crystal chandelier spilling light overhead, marble floors mirroring your every step. And there, at the edge of a grand living room, stands Leo — you…